A substantial depression has settled over the West of Scotland (nothing new there then) with heavy rain and temperatures (17C) 13 degrees lower than in London (30C). Undeterred, did a quick circuit of the Murdieston Dams over lunchtime. The Mute Swan pair still have three young. The Tufted Ducks are moulting into eclipse plumage - no breeding seems to have taken place, in contrast to Dawsholm and Bingham's Ponds in Glasgow. There were plenty of juvenile gulls on the water, plus a few adults including two Great black backs. However most notable sighting was of four young Carrion Crows grappling (in twos) on the ground, watched by 20 Jackdaws and two Magpies on wires overhead.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
- - - - - - - - John Muir, 1838-1914 - -
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